I see and don't see both sides of this. The majority of concours cars I have
ever seen are better than the way they were when they were built.
These cars were built in factories and no matter how much care is given they
all have flaws, and mistakes and little chips here and there. Let it be.
Sorry I am a believer that the cars were meant to be driven not put on
trailers. I sold my fully restored 54 Mg TF as it was better than new, great
car was afraid to park it anywhere.
On the other hand I loved my in progress 65 BJ 8, that got the wheels run
off of it and was driven like Donald had built it to be, it was
unfortunately sold and is now with the Westfall's in Chicgao and they are
slowly doing the restoration, while enjoying her tempermental british charm.
Last year at Put In Bay, my brother gave me the cahnce to drive our families
beloved 1948 MG TC, and I'm told I wheeled it almost as hard as my father
would of (He was probaly grinning from ear to ear)
I did a jaguar deal one time in Cleveland, and it was fun, though never
again will I spend that much time to detail a car for the driven class to
find out driven to most these guys meant to unlaod the car from a tariler a
couple blocks away and drive into the show. Our went 90 miles down the
turnpike, bugs normal leaks and all and then were clean as best possible for
the show. Guess what we didn't do that well, though bet I had more FUN
driving a car that was built to be driven.
Kit Henry
85 Jaguar XJS (Gertrag 5 speed)
48 MG TC (Chuck Henry's HP Race Car)
72 Volkswagen Beetle Convertible Restored and FOR SALE
69 Dodge A 100 Cab Over P/U
79 Dodge Warlock
71 Innocenti Mini
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henry Morrison" <dos_gusanos at msn.com>
To: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Drivers vs. Shiners
>I see both sides of the argument. After you have spent years cleaning
>every
> little clip on your car to bring it back to exact original condition, it's
> hard to watch a bird poop on it and take $30K off the value at auction.
>
> Cheers, Henry Morrison, Albuquerque, NM
>
> (I hope the guys who autocrossed their TR6 at idle, at least won the
> concours,
> assuming it wasn't popular choice.)
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